Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1881 — The Pay of Teachers. [ARTICLE]

The Pay of Teachers.

The Rutland (VL) Herald and Globe says very wisely in regard to the pay of teachers : “ The low wagee that admit of no savings, if the teacher has a family, is the blight upon a profession that contains within its exercise more possibilities for good, in multiplying the best manhood and womanhood through the unceasing manipulation of character in its plastic immaturity, than even the pulpit, for the teacher comes Into closer contact with the growing youth of the country than even the parent. Three-fourths of the teachers who serve for meager wages have no call to their profession, for the very reason that they take no permanent interest in it; they never expect to follow it for a life-calling, so they cannot give it the necessary pains, the essential enthusiasm; but once let it be understood that good work and exceptional gifts for teaching are sure of a reward that did not by its meagerness compel celibacy, or the domestic economy of a church-mouse, and more men of exceptional tact, talent and manhood would follow teaching for a life-work.” The Tribune has for many years advanced these very arguments, and is glad to see many indications of a growing public sentiment concerning better wages and stricter requirements.— New York Tribune. I,l ' The Parisian method of cleaning black silk is to brush and wipe it thoroughly, lay it oh a flat table with the side up* which is intended to show, and sponge with hot coffee strained through muslin. Allow it to become partially dry, then ■iron. ■How independent of money peace of conscience is, and how much happiness can be popdei)se4 in the humblest home.